Be willing to change your plan.

Sometimes life has a funny way of working itself out. Recently, I have been emailing professors for research assistant jobs. I hope to have landed these two that will be awesome. One of them would let me publish with him, and the other one I would be coding therapy sessions. They are absolutely perfect for me and I couldn't be happier If I do get them. I have learned some lessons from. You have to be proactive and make opportunities happen for you by work. I think that if you want something, just go out and get it! I didn't think I would be qualified for some of these positions ( and hopefully I can land them), but so far I have received positive feedback about my qualifications.  If I didn't put myself out there, I would of never had these opportunities. I think it is a mixture of work and luck with good timing. This can be applied to Jobs, internships, marriage and any life experience. I just have been so blessed with this week by talking to so many professors and just having my eyes opened to what I can do.

It can be scary to put yourself completely out there knowing that you can be rejected. Rejection is never fun, but you can always grow from it. And when you don't get rejected, you have success!

When you ask yourself, where will you be in a one year, five years...and so on, you seem to have a life plan that appears to be perfect. You can't imagine that something else will be better for you. This is what I have learned: Life may be unexpected and throw amazing things in your direction. Don't deny them even if they weren't part of you plan. Maybe something will come along your way that is completed unexpected and you don't want to give up what you had planned. Be willing to throw out your plan for a new unknown plan. It takes courage and faith to realize that we are not in control of our future because our plans are just thrown out. That is okay. Have faith that everything will work and it will because of your faith.